53. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. 75 percent of kids like surfing the Internet.

B. Most kids are more likely to read e-books for fun every day.

C. More children like to go online instead of reading books.

D. Most kids like reading books as well as technology.

52. What’s the writer’s main purpose to write the passage?

A.　　　 To compare the tea ceremony between the Chinese and the Japanese.

B.　　　　 To explain why tea drinking is an important part of Japanese life.

C.　　　　 To show how tea drinking developed in Japan.

D.　　　 To explain the formal tea drinking ceremony in Japan.

D

The saying that children don’t like reading any more has been proved untrue. A new study finds that 75 percent of kids between 5 and 17 say that although they love technology, they still want to read books.

“The kids & Family Reading Report” also says that 62 percent of kids prefer reading printed books rather than those on a computer. At the same time, those who search an author’s website or use the Internet to find books by a particular author, are more likely to read books for fun every day.

The study also once again proves that the time kids spend reading books for fun decreases after the age of eight and continues to drop through the teen years. The report is a follow-up to a 2006 study. But this time the focus is on the role of technology and when kids’ interest in reading starts to drop.

“Despite the fact that after the age of eight more children go online daily than read for fun daily, high frequency Internet users are more likely to read books for fun every day. ” says Heather Carter, a writer of the report.

One in four kids between 5 and 17 say they read books for fun every day and more than half of kids say they read books for fun at least two to three times a week. One of the key reasons kids say why they don’t read more often is that they have trouble finding books they like - a requirement that parents underestimate.

The study also finds that parents have a strong influence on kids’ reading, but only about half of all parents begin reading to their kids before their first birthday. The percent of children who are read to every day drops from 38 percent among five-to-eight-year-olds to 23 percent among nine-to-11-year-olds - exactly the same time that kids’ daily reading for fun starts to drop.

“Parents’ engagement in their children’s reading from birth all the way through the teen years can have a great influence on how often their children read and how much they enjoy reading”, adds Carter.

51. It is suggested that tea drinking ____.

A.　　　 is still an important part of Chinese life

B.　　　　 is no longer considered as important in Japan

C.　　　　 is still an important part of Japanese life

D.　　　 now takes place in Japan without ceremony

50. In what order do you enter the tearoom when you are invited to drink tea in a Japanese home?

① Remove your shoes. 　② Bend your neck. 　③ Wash your hands and face

④ Enter the tearoom through a low doorway.

A. ①②③④　 　　 B. ③①④②　 　　 C. ①③④②　 　　　 D. ③①②④

49. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.　　　 Chinese people drink tea with less ceremony than Japanese people do.

B.　　　　 Japanese people cross their legs every time they drink tea.

C.　　　　 Chinese people don’t have their own tea culture.

D.　　　 Japanese hosts usually admire their tea serving bowls before the guests.

48. The writer writes the passage in the order of the answers to the questions “____”.

A. how, what, how, why　 　　　　 　　　 B. what, how, why, how

C. why, how, what, how　 　　　　　　　 D. how, what, why, how

C

Tea drinking was an important part of Chinese life, but nowhere in the world did people drink tea with more ceremony(礼节)than in Japan. There, a strict ritual(仪式)was set down in the fifteenth century by the first great tea master, Shuko. This tea ceremony is still performed today. Guests must wash their hands and faces and remove their shoes before entering the tearoom through a low doorway that forces them to bend the neck and appear modest. As the guests sit cross-legged, the host places a spoonful of powdered tea into a special bowl, adds boiling water, and then stirs(搅动)it with a bamboo brush. Although in early tea ceremonies, everyone drank from the same bowl, it later became the practice for the host to serve the tea in each one’s bowl. The guests drink the tea slowly and talk until they have finished drinking. Then they are expected to throw back their heads and take the final drop with a loud sound to show how good the tea is. As the ceremony comes to an end, the guests admire the empty serving bowl for its beauty. The host washes the cups and the ceremony ends. They do not certainly have the formal tea ceremony every time they drink tea in Japan, but the tea is always served with much care and politeness.

47. Which of the following is one of the reasons why people decide to continue their education?

A. They believe in the saying “more education, better jobs”.

B. They learn something new to keep up with the development of science.

C. They have already got new jobs because they are tired of their present jobs.

D. They are asked to return to colleges for further study by their original ones.

46. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Most of the part-time students are without jobs.

B. Most of the part-time students are between 18 and 22.

C. Many Americans attend college or university classes in their spare time.

D. The number of students in colleges and universities has come down greatly.

45. It's said that in the next few years ____.

A. students in colleges and universities will be much older

B. full-time students in colleges and universities will be even younger

C. more American colleges and universities will take in part-time students equally

D. there will be more older students than younger ones in universities and colleges

44. From the passage we know for sure that before she was wounded she _______.

A. often went to Jinghai Bar with her friends

B. liked playing the piano

C. didn’t like any doctors at all

D. would burst into tears when she was in trouble

B

When we hear the words “college students”, we usually think of a young person between 18 and 22 years old. But in the U. S. A today, a college student often is much older. In fact, educators say in the next few years colleges and universities may have more older part-time students than traditional full-time younger students.

Educators report a big increase in the number of Americans who attend college and university classes in the evening or at night or weekends. Most of them are older than 25 years old and more have full-time or part-time jobs. Many are in their thirties or forties.

Why are so many people deciding to spend their time and money in order to continue their education? Most are doing it because they believe more education will help them to get a better job. Some are industrial workers whose factories have closed. They are learning new skills to prepare for other kinds of work. Some of the part-time students are not pleased with the jobs they have. They are studying for new ones. Some have retired(退休)and are looking for new kinds of work. Two of every three of the students older than 35 are women. Many of them are returning to school after years of staying at home to care for children.

Are older students good students? Most teachers say yes. They say older students really want to learn. They ask difficult questions and are not pleased with simple answers. They often get high grades.